Smoke Effect Photoshop

Create a realistic Smoke effects with the Photoshop CS6 elements. This does not require much time like the readers think. There are many ways to do this, but I will teach the easiest way. Ok, so let’s get started.!

1^st Step : Open up your picture by going File/ Open.

NOTE: When choosing your picture, it’s better for you to take a photo with Black background.

2^nd Step : Grab the brush tool and make sure that White is your foreground color.

3^rd Step : And also make sure that the Opacity is above 50% and  in the brush Presets check shape dynamics and smoothing.

4^th Step : Now Create a New Layer by going Layer/New/Layer.

5^th Step : Now start coloring as I did in the picture. Change the brush size according to the size of the picture.

6^th Step : Don’t be worried about how it looks now, it will be better later on. After coloring Press Ctrl + T and Press the wrap tool.

7^th Step : Now wrap the smoke until it perfectly matches the tea cup and then press Enter.

8^th Step : Now go to Filter/ Other/ Maximum.

9^th Step : And then a dialog box appears, adjust the radius of pixels until it perfectly matches for you in the form of a real smoke.

Again if you’re not satisfied with the shape of the smoke you can again Wrap it by Pressing Ctrl + T.

10 Step : Now we’re going to add some smart filters for our smoke for doing that go to Filter/ Convert to smart filters and click Ok.

11^th Step : Now go to Filter/ Blur/ Surface blur.

12^th Step : After that a dialog box appears, adjust the Radius and Threshold until it perfectly matches the smoke. I’ll be using Radius 17 and Threshold 41.

13^th Step : Now you’re done you can save up your image by going File/ Save as.

If you have any doubt please feel free to comment, I’ll be helping you J

Age Progression Photoshop

Today we are going to learn the Age progression tutorial in Photoshop. I’ll be using Photoshop CS6 . This will work in almost all the versions of Photoshop. You can see how you look like in your 60s and 70s. Its very simple and takes less time for you to do this. So let’s get started..




So let’s get started..

1st Step : Open the Image.
Open up the Image which you are going to do a Age Progression by Pressing 
File > Open or just by Pressing Ctrl + O.

Image Credits Pixabay.com

2nd Step : Insert Guide Lines.
You need to insert Guidelines to the Image. For that go to View > Insert Guideline. Make sure it is Vertical selected and has Position 0 in.

3rd Step : Grab the Move Tool.
Take the Move tool from the Tool Bar or just by Pressing V.

4th Step : Move the Guidelines.
After taking the Move tool move the Guidelines such that it is in the Centre of the Nose.

5th Step : Adjust the Image.
Press Ctrl + A and then Ctrl + T to adjust the Image. Adjust the Image until you get a perfect alignment. Then Press Enter key.

6th Step : Deselect the Selection
Deselect the Selection by going to Select > Deselect or just by pressing Ctrl + D.

7th Step : Insert 2 other Guidelines.
Insert 2 other Guidelines by going to View > New Guidelines. Both should Vertical Selected and has Position 0 in in it. Make sure that both he Guidelines runs between the eyes.

8th Step : Insert a Horizontal Guideline.
Insert an other Guideline by Pressing View > New Guideline. This time it should be Horizontal and has Position 0 in in it.

9th Step : Move the Guideline.
Take the Move Tool and move the Guideline such that it runs through the mouth.

10th Step: Horizontal Guideline through the Eyes.
Repeat the same procedure for placing a Horizontal Guidelines which runs through both the Eyes.

 11th Step : Open the 2nd Image.
 Open the other image by going to File > Open.

Image Credits Pixabay.com

12th Step : Take the Polygonal Lasso Tool.
Grab the Polygonal Lasso Tool from the Tool Bar.

13th Step : Make a Freehand Selection.
After taking out the Lasso Tool make a Freehand Selection as I have done in the Picture.

14th Step : Copy the Selection.
Copy the Freehand Selection you made by Pressing Edit > Copy or just by Pressing Ctrl + C.

15th Step : Paste it.
Paste it in the other image by Pressing Edit > Paste or just by Pressing Ctrl + V.

16th Step : Adjust the Image.
After Pasting the Image Press Ctrl + T to free transform and adjust the Picture until it perfectly fits to the Guidelines.

17th Step : Decrease the Opacity.
On the bottom right corner you can see the Opacity levels. Decrease it until it perfectly matches.

18th Step : Remove the Guidelines.
Remove all the Guidelines by Pressing View > Clear Guidelines.

19th Step : Take the Eraser Tool.
Grab the Eraser tool by Pressing the Eraser Icon from the Tool Bar or just by Pressing E. With the Eraser tool remove all the Unwanted Areas. Make sure to Erase the Important Areas such as Eyes, Nose and Mouth.

20th Step : Identifying Images.

By Clicking on the Small Eye icon you can identify which are the images
so that it will be easy for the Erasing Process.

21st Step : Merge the Layers.
Now you re almost done. Click on all the Layers and Right Click Press Merge Visible.

22nd Step : Save the Final Image.
Save up the Final Image by Pressing File > Save As....

Now you are done. You have successfully added Age Progression Effect to your Picture. If you have any queries please  leave it in the comment section.